Philippians 1:5

Philippians 1:5 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now;
• New International Version (NIV)because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now,
• English Standard Version (ESV)because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now.
• New King James Version (NKJV)for your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now,

Context of Philippians 1:5

3Every time that I think about you, I thank my God because of you. 4I am always praying for you. Every time that I pray for you, I feel very happy. I am happy because together we tell people the good news about Christ. You have always helped me with that work, since the first day that you yourselves heard the good news. 6I know that God has begun to do good things in you. And I am sure that he will continue to work in you. Then, on the day when Jesus Christ returns, his work in you will be finished. 7It is right for me to feel like this about all of you, because I love you very much. God has been very kind to all of us. Because you know that, you have continued to help me. You have helped me while I have been here in this prison. You also helped me when I was free and I could teach the good news. I explained to people why the good news is God's true message. Together, we have known how kind God is.

Philippians 1:5 word by word

ἐπὶ τῇ κοινωνίᾳ ὑμῶν εἰς τὸ εὐαγγέλιον ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἡμέρας ἄχρι τοῦ νῦν·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Forἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• fellowshipὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• fellowshipκοινωνίαkoinōnia · participationG2842
• inεἰςeis · towardG1519
• the gospelεὐαγγέλιονeuaggelion · gospelG2098
• fromἀπόapo · away fromG575
• theἡμέραhēmera · dayG2250
• firstπρῶτοςprōtos · firstG4413
• untilἄχριachri achris · untilG891
• nowνῦνnun · nowG3568

Cross-references for Philippians 1:5

• Philippians 1:7It is right for me to feel like this about all of you, because I love you very much. God has been very kind to all of us. Because you know that, you have continued to help me. You have helped me while I have been here in this prison. You also helped me when I was free and I could teach the good news. I explained to people why the good news is God's true message. Together, we have known how kind God is.
• Philippians 4:14But certainly, you have been very kind to me. You have helped me now, when I am in trouble.
• Acts 16:15Then Paul and Silas baptized Lydia and the other people who lived in her house. After this, Lydia asked us to go to her house. She said to us, ‘If you think that I really believe in the Lord Jesus, then please stay in my house.’ We agreed to go and to stay there.
• Romans 11:17Israel's people are like an olive tree that a farmer has planted. But God has broken off some of that tree's branches. Then he has taken a branch from a wild olive tree. He has put that wild branch into the farmer's tree, to become part of that tree. You Gentiles are like the wild branch. Now you receive food from the root of the farmer's tree, to make you strong.
• Romans 12:13If any of God's people need anything, then help them with what you have. Always be happy to let people stay in your home.
• Romans 15:26Some of them are poor, and the Christians in Macedonia and Achaia wanted to help them. So they got some money to send to those people.
• 1 Corinthians 1:9God always does what he has promised to do. He has chosen you to be friends with his Son, Jesus Christ, who is our Lord.
• 2 Corinthians 8:1My Christian friends, let me tell you about the believers in the churches in Macedonia. God has been very kind to them.
• Ephesians 2:19So now, you Gentiles are not strangers among God's people any more. You belong to the group of God's people that he rules. You belong to God's family, as all God's people do.
• Ephesians 3:6This is the message of God's good news: Gentiles, as well as Jews, may receive the good things that God has prepared for his children. We may all belong to the same group of God's people, like we are his body. Everyone who is united with Christ Jesus receives the good things that God has promised.
• Colossians 1:21As for you, you were far away from God at one time. You thought bad things and you did bad things. As a result, you were God's enemies.
• Philemon 1:17I am your friend. Together we serve God. If you agree with that, please be kind to Onesimus. Accept him in the same way that you would accept me.
• Hebrews 3:14We must continue to trust Christ very well, as we did when we first believed in him. We must continue to trust him until the end of our lives. Then we will share in everything that is his.
• 2 Peter 1:1This letter is from me, Simon Peter. I am Jesus Christ's servant and his apostle. I am writing to you people who believe in Jesus Christ, as we do. That is a valuable gift that God has given to us all. He has done this because Jesus is completely good and right. Jesus is the one who saves us. He is the God that we serve.
• 1 John 1:3We also want you to share this new life with us. We share this life with God the Father and Jesus Christ his Son. That is why we are telling you about everything that we have seen and heard.

Commentaries on Philippians 1:5

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5For your fellowship in the Gospel - if we consider as implying spiritual fellowship or communion, then it signifies, not only their attention to the Gospel, their readiness to continue it, and perseverance in it, but also their unity and affection among themselves. Some understand the word as expressing their liberality to the apostle, and to the Gospel in general; for the term may not only be applied to communion among themselves, but to communications…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5For your fellowship in the gospel - “For your liberality toward me, a preacher of the gospel.” - Wetstein. There has been, however, no little difference of opinion about the meaning of this phrase. Many - as Doddridge, Koppe, and others - suppose it refers to the fact that they participated in the blessings of the gospel from the first day that he preached it until the time when he wrote this Epistle. Others suppose that it refers to their constancy in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Their partnership also included giving money to help Paul in his work (refer to 4:10–20).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. Ground of his "thanking God" (Php 1:3): "For your (continued) fellowship (that is, real spiritual participation) in (literally, 'in regard to') the Gospel from the first day (of your becoming partakers in it) until now." Believers have the fellowship of the Son of God (1Co 1:9) and of the Father (1Jo 1:3) in the Gospel, by becoming partakers of "the fellowship of the Holy Ghost" (2Co 13:14), and exercise that fellowship by acts of communion, not only…Read the comment

Topics related to Philippians 1:5

• Faith
• Fellowship
• Intercession
• Love
• Righteous
• Righteousness
• Thankfulness

In the dictionaries

• Confirmation
• Conversation
• Flesh
• Furtherance
• Yea
• Commentaries
• Communion; (fellowship)
• Further; Furtherance
• Intercession
• Philippians, the Epistle to the

Commentaries on Philippians 1

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings